1653 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Pierre Corneille retires from the theatre for six years.
• John Evelyn buys Sayes Court, Deptford.
• Robert Cox of the Red Bull Theatre is arrested for performing a "play".

[edit] New books

• A History of New England - Edward Johnson
• The Compleat Angler - Izaak Walton
• Poems and Fancies - Margaret Cavendish
• Traité du triangle arithmétique - Blaise Pascal
• Twenty-five Sermons - Jeremy Taylor

[edit] New drama

• Philippe Quinault - Les Rivales

[edit] Births

• January 13 - Philipp Jakob Spener, theologian (died 1705)
• probable - Nathaniel Lee, dramatist (died 1692)
• probable - Matthew Tindal, deist writer (died 1733)

[edit] Deaths

• May 26 - Robert Filmer, political writer (born 1558)
• July 10 - Gabriel Naudé, librarian and scholar (born 1600)
• September 3 - Claudius Salmasius, classical scholar (born 1588)
• date unknown - Zachary Boyd, poet (born 1585)
• date unknown - Piaras Feiritéar, Irish language poet (born c.1600)